Helicopter UH-1H 68-15349 Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15349 The Army purchased this helicopter 0269 Total flight hours at this point: 00001255 Date: 06/30/70 Incident number: 70063055.KIA Unit: C/227 AVN South Vietnam UTM grid coordinates: YU213402 Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. ) Loss to Inventory This record was last updated on 01/03/99
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The following is crew member information for this incident:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SP4 Donnith Howard Fletcher Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/30/70 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 03/31/49 Home City: West Hollywood, FL Service: component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 09W-103 SSN: 263865136 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 11B20 = Infantryman Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: vehicular accident Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Vehicle ownership: government Started Tour: 04/07/69 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew The initial status of this person was: no previous report Length of service: * Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps. Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - killed single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Baptist - other groups The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 01/03/99
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SP4 Steve Lee Inboden Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/30/70 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 04/17/50 Home City: Springerton, IL Service: component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 09W-105 SSN: 342422146 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 11B20 = Infantryman Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: vehicular accident Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Vehicle ownership: government Started Tour: 01/10/70 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew The initial status of this person was: no previous report Length of service: * Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps. Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Protestant - no denominational preference The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 01/03/99
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SP4 Stephen Louis Klein Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/30/70 while performing the duty of Passenger. Date of Birth: 06/09/48 Home City: Seattle, WA Service: component of the U.S. Army. Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 09W-106 SSN: 538489149 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 11B20 = Infantryman Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: vehicular accident Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: passenger Vehicle ownership: government Started Tour: 12/17/69 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew The initial status of this person was: no previous report Length of service: * Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps. Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - killed single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Protestant - no denominational preference The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 01/03/99
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SP5 Garry Monzel Shannon Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/30/70 while performing the duty of Gunner. Age at death: 21.5 Date of Birth: 01/13/49 Home City: Mabie, WV Service: component of the U.S. Army. Unit: 1 CAV Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division Service: U.S. Army. The Wall location: 09W-107 SSN: 232766334 Country: South Vietnam MOS: 67N20 = UH-1 Helicopter Repairer Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea Compliment cause: vehicular accident Vehicle involved: helicopter Position in vehicle: door gunner Vehicle ownership: government Started Tour: 08/23/69 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew The initial status of this person was: no previous report Length of service: * Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps. Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - killed single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren) The following information is secondary, but may help in explaining this incident. Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: enlisted personnel This record was last updated on 01/03/99
Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H tail number The Army purchased this helicopter 0269 Total flight hours at this point: 00000994 Date: 05/31/70 Unit: A/158 AVN This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY for Air/land Assault , Hot Area. While on Landing Zone this helicopter was Landing at UNK feet and UNK knots. South Vietnam Count of hits was not possible because the helicopter burned or exploded. Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. causing a Blast. Systems damaged were: UNK The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft Destroyed. Both mission and flight capability were terminated. Destroyed by friendly forces Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, LNNF, CRAFX (Operations Report. Lindenmuth New Format Data Base. Crash Facts Message. ) Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook information on US Army helicopter UH-1H tail number 68-15350 It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter and is not intended to be the final authority. This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0269. Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6902 0 0 3300 HHD 44 ENG GP THAILAND PACIFIC 6903 56 56 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6904 59 115 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6905 55 170 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6906 58 228 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6907 58 286 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6908 90 376 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6909 73 449 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6910 78 527 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6911 61 588 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 6912 76 664 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7001 49 713 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7002 96 809 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7003 101 910 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7004 95 1005 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7005 146 1151 WAAGAA 11GENSPTCO 1CAV VIETNAM RVN 7006 104 1255 WAAVC0 COC 227ABAH1CAV VIETNAM RVN
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